SAN JOSE — A driver was arrested Monday night after belatedly returning to the scene where she allegedly hit and seriously injured a pedestrian, the city’s second suspected hit-and-run on a one-block stretch of Senter Road in less than 24 hours, authorities said.

The driver, described by police only as an adult female, was taken into custody and processed at SJPD headquarters on suspicion of hit and run.

Police say she returned to Senter Road and Oldham Drive two hours after the collision, reported about 8:15 p.m. Officers and emergency personnel found a man on the ground. He was rushed to the hospital and listed in critical condition.

In a similar instance Sunday night, this time at Senter Road and Balfour Drive — near the Los Lagos Golf Course — 51-year-old Son Hoang Nguyen was struck by a hit-and-run driver and died at the hospital. It was the city’s 11th pedestrian death involving a vehicle this year.

On Tuesday, police released a description of the car that hit Nguyen: a 2001-05 dark-colored Honda Civic, with a missing right mirror, weather stripping missing from the right side of the windshield and right front fender damage.

Anyone with information about either case is asked to contact San Jose traffic investigators at 408-277-4654 or leave a tip with Silicon Valley Crime Stoppers at 408-947-STOP or at svcrimestoppers.org.

Robert Salonga covers crime and public safety for the Bay Area News Group and is based at The Mercury News. A San Jose native, he has a bachelor's degree from UCLA and a Master's degree in journalism from the University of Maryland-College Park, but remains a Bruin at heart. His prior reporting stops include Washington, D.C. and Salinas. He is also a middling triathlete whose sole race goal is to be upright at the end. Contact Robert at 408-920-5002.